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[pandemic-info]

Biobot’s interactive tracker is no longer available:

(From Raw Data to Actionable Insights: Biobot’s Evolution of Public Data Sharing | Biobot Analytics)

Blog update 5/30/24:

We want to thank the public for all the love and support of this work over the years.

After more than three years of making COVID-19 wastewater data available to the public, Biobot has reduced its public data reporting efforts. As we expand our wastewater epidemiology technologies to other population health areas, we no longer have the resources to maintain our COVID-19 dashboard. We decided to sunset the dashboard now because of other publicly available sources of wastewater data, including at the local level through our customers and partners and nationwide through the CDC NWSS program. We are optimistic that government sharing of wastewater data will continue to improve.

This does not mean we believe COVID-19 is no longer a threat, nor are we stopping our work. We see great potential for wastewater to positively impact public health efforts and the healthcare ecosystem in many areas beyond COVID-19. We remain committed to leading in this space and pioneering new applications for wastewater epidemiology.

Wastewater data resources can be found at:

You can find our risk reports here

You can find CDC’s COVID tracker here

Check your local and state public health departments and wastewater treatment facilities as they may be sharing this information directly

Epidemiologists doing important data reporting for the public:

Your Local Epidemiologist, Katelyn Jetelina

Force of Infection, Caitlin Rivers

Helen Branswell, STAT News

[newlevant]

¡Aquí tenemos! Sobre el COVID y cómo puedes protegerte: edición de 2024

Traducción al castellano por Maru Florián Padrón (twitter: @unlocalizedling). ¡Todes pueden imprimir estas zines gratis!

Reportes nacionales semanales sobre la concentración efectiva de SARS-CoV-2 virus en las aguas residuales: https://pmc19.com/data/

biobot.io/data/covid-19

La Red Española de Investigación en COVID persistente: reicop.org

Las vacunas contra el covid actualizadas intentan coincidir con las variantes del covid que circulan actualmente, por lo que vale la pena adquirirlas. Simplemente no te hacen invencible.

Encuentre vacunas en los EEUU: https://vacunas.gov

Pide pruebas de covid gratuitas (si están incluidas en la cobertura de tu seguro médico): fastlabtech.com

Encuentra puntos gratuitos dónde realizarte una prueba: https://testinglocator.cdc.gov/homees

Cómo obtener una muestra: https://ontariohealth.ca/sites/ontariohealth/files/2022-05/RAT-Oral-nasal-collection-instructions-Spanish.pdf

Pruebas de ajuste facial y ajuste respiratorio por 3M: 3m.com.es

Compre un respirador 3M Aura: stauffersafety.com

Resultados de la prueba de talla: testtheplanet.org

Cómo hacer un filtro HEPA casero: https://renovablesverdes.com/filtro-hepa-casero/

Precaución: ¡el xilitol es venenoso para perros y gatos! Mantenga el aerosol nasal alejado de ellos.

Estudios sobre los sprays nasales (en inglés) aquí: https://newlevant.com/covidzine/es

Qué hacer si tiene COVID por el People's CDC: peoplescdc.org/es/2023/01/10/what-to-do-if-you-have-covid/…

Qué hacer cuando tengo COVID por Clean Air Club, con información relevante si vives en España: https://dropbox.com/scl/fi/999mutp

Encontrar un sitio de Pruebas para Tratar o un sitio del Programa de Asistencia a Pacientes de Paxlovid: https://treatments-es.hhs.gov

Virtual ExpressCare en NY: https://ondemand.expresscare.video/landing

Suplementos recomendados por RTHM Health (inglés): https://rthm.com/articles/youve-got-covid/

Gracias por leer. ¡Puedes imprimir y distribuir tus propias copias de este zine!

Referencias y más recursos aquí: http://newlevant.com/COVIDzine/es

Cualquier error en español es mío porque utilicé el traductor de Google. Maru tradujo muy bien el zine.

ACTUALIZACIÓN 13/03/2025: Existen serias preocupaciones con los estudios sobre los aerosoles nasales para la prevención del COVID. Ver esta reseña. ¡No confíe en los aerosoles nasales! Evitar la inhalación del SARS-CoV-2 a través de mascarillas, ventilación, etc. es la mejor prevención.

[socialismforall]

Weekly COVID-19 Update for 2023-12-24

COVID is still airborne, and COVID still very much isn't over.

Northeastern and Midwestern USA SARS2 virus levels in wastewater are *soaring*, Northeast is currently at 1500 copies/mL (~750 copies indicates a strong surge), and Midwest is at 1300 copies/mL. Southeastern and Western USA are maintaining relatively lower levels between 600 and 700 overall, but both are still climbing. See https://biobot.io/data for county-specific data as results can vary widely between locales.

How to reduce your risk of infection? The SARS2 virus is airborne and can spread like smoke, so #MaskUp with an #N95 or better, avoid superspreader events and locations, and stay up-to-date on your boosters. Do it for yourself, so you don't catch SARS-CoV-2, and for others, so you don't spread SARS-CoV-2. Even if you're fully vaccinated, your risk of developing #LongCOVID following an infection is lower but not zero, and multiple reinfections increase your odds of negative health outcomes. Plan A always should be to prevent an infection from developing by wearing a respirator with a good seal around your mouth and nose (FFP2, FFP3, KN95, N95, N99, P100, etc.).

Holiday tips:

-If someone tells you that COVID is over, you might ask them why, if we didn't consider COVID to be over in 2020 or 2021, when the COVID wastewater levels were lower, why should we consider it over now, when the virus is circulating in even higher amounts?

-"Fewer cases" doesn't mean much when most of the at-home rapid tests don't get counted in official records, and the most accurate PCR tests are neither freely available nor given to everyone getting on a plane or attending classes.

-"Fewer deaths" also means less when you remember that about 1,200,000 of the most vulnerable people already have died from it, COVID-19 remains the #3 cause of death in 2023 (behind heart disease and cancer, the risk of both of which may be increased by COVID), and the risk of a Long COVID/post-acute COVID syndrome (PACS) disability or other potentially life-shortening organ damage (brain, kidney, lung, immune, etc.) isn't measured just by the death count. Also, the USA's life expectancy still hasn't recovered from the drop it experienced following the start of the pandemic.

source: https://biobot.io/data

source: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20231006/these-are-the-top-10-causes-of-death-in-the-us

source: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one

source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33914346/

source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/29/average-us-life-expectancy-increased-not-pre-covid/71738611007/

[as-if-and-only-if]

really sucks that the best visualization platform for covid wastewater data, biobot.io, recently (~May 2024) retired this platform in favor of individual “weekly reports” with no covid graphs or interactivity.

The CDC visualization pales in comparison and isn’t an adequate replacement: it’s clunky, difficult to navigate, and highly noninteractive.

surely they’re accumulating the same data, and constructing the interactive platform just means running it through a script each week, right? I mean, they’re still hosting their site at the same location. why would they stop? surely maintenance costs can’t be that high?

[pandemichub]

ID: Tweet. US CDC quietly changed its position on Covid yesterday. Now says it is a year-round threat and advises multi layered protection, including clean air.https://t.co/x057jYIYnB (CDC link)

— Lisa (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@Sandyboots2020) July 4, 2024

Note: For at least the last couple of years it was known that without consistent and effective mitigation as well as a long term strategy, and changes to public health, a overall rise in deaths, excess deaths, disease, and raised baseline of illness would be the result. Based on data and patterns. A concerning development is the baseline continues to climb. - Admin

ID: Estimated COVID infections/Day US Based on wastewater data from Biobot.io and NWSS (CDC). Estimates daily infections 100,000 to 1,600,000 between February 19th 2020 to February 11th 2024. Biobot and NWSS (CDC funded).

- 5,111,633 infections, range Sept. 4th 2021 to Feb. 2022.

- 3/1/22 124,592 infections. 1,281,837 infections, range Feb. 2022 to Oct. 26th 2022.

- 1,302,041 infections, range Oct. 2022 to Dec. 2022 or Jan. 2023. 185,204 February 20th 2023.

- 718,367 infections, range Feb. 2023 to Oct. 17th 2023.

- 1,503,071 infections, Feb. 11th 2024.

*When I can translate the data I will include it in its entirety.

This post was originally written July 4th 2024

[thoughtportal]

SARS-CoV-2 is presently circulating in the U.S. at higher rates than this time in 2021 & 2022 combined. Biobot has several elegant graphs of #COVID wastewater data. Here is their year-over-year figure. https://biobot.io/data/

https://twitter.com/michael_hoerger/status/1640445841486782487

[stillmasking]

Wastewater testing:

Why wastewater testing?

COVID-19 presence in wastewater means that people in the community have the virus and are shedding it. This even includes people who have not tested or have no symptoms, so it provides a more accurate picture of COVID in communities. (source)

Where to find wastewater data?

You can look at levels in specific counties on the CDC website: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#wastewater-surveillance

An aggregate of COVID in sewage in the entirety of the US can be found here: https://biobot.io/data/

Today (12/27/22):

[boomstab-papa]

The source @3liza is referencing is here: https://twitter.com/JPWeiland https://biobot.io/data/

These are the sorts of sources we're going to have to rely on as the CDC ceases reporting on more and more statistics.

did anyone else catch this cold that feels like the flu and does the usual feel-like-you're-dying thing for a day or two but then after you get "better" you still have a wad of phlegm the size and viscosity of a bowling ball in your skull for the next week and alternately choke on post-nasal drip that tastes + feels like Silly Putty or prolapse your nostil while blowing your nose loud enough to signal to Gabriel that the Rapture has begun? asking for a friend

[digitaliafm]

Biobot - http://biobot.io/

[socialismforall]

COVID-19 Pandemic Update for 2024–01–31

Take a close look at what’s happening with the USA’s #COVID19 wastewater curve. Leveling out (at 821 copies/mL, surge levels) in late January is NOT an encouraging sign! See second image for close-up.

Typically, the #SARSCoV2 viral levels in the water peak on New Year’s and then drop through February and early March. This year, levels are remaining high to extremely high in all regions, and all of them are starting to stabilize or flatten out rather than continuing to drop. While they could resume dropping again soon, for now this is a concerning sign that the virus is spreading at very high levels and a sharp reminder that #COVIDisNotOver!

#MaskUp with an #N95 mask or better that has a tight seal around your mouth and nose (no surgical or cloth masks) and STOP THE SPREAD. #COVID can cause disabilities, strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, brain damage, immune dysfunction, and all kinds of other serious health problems up to and including death.

source for wastewater curve: https://biobot.io/data/

[pandemic-info]

Current case rate in New York County:

32 = Moderate

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view?list_select_state=New+York&data-type=Risk&list_select_county=36061

• https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

• https://peoplescdc.org/2023/03/27/peoples-cdc-covid-19-weather-report-38/

Consider also that these are now under-counted; wastewater surveillance can be a better metric:

• https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#wastewater-surveillance

March 27, 2023: NYC waste is currently relatively low.

—

Addendum, March 28, 2023:

SARS-CoV-2 is presently circulating in the U.S. at higher rates than this time in 2021 & 2022 combined. Biobot has several elegant graphs of #COVID wastewater data. Here is their year-over-year figure. biobot.io/data/

Via https://twitter.com/michael_hoerger/status/1640445841486782487

Do you still need to wear a mask? This chart by an infectious disease expert can help you decide as mask mandates tumble.

via Business Insider; original chart by epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina who writes an excellent, informative blog: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

If you're in the US, transmission rates have been in the red all year (they're also vastly undercounted; people who test at all are mostly using at-home rapid tests which aren't reported)

October 5th, 2022:

This is slightly hidden as the CDC switched to their nice, green "community levels" maps in early Spring of 2022. Those are based on hospitalizations, which we know is a lagging indicator. And severity doesn't predict long-term outcomes like long covid.

K. Jetelina's original chart:

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WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, March 26, 2018

The following is a transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for March 26, 2018. 

Hi, I’m Angela Godwin for WaterWorld magazine, bringing you water and wastewater news headlines for the week of March 26. Coming up…

Pee-tracking technology charts opioid use Polymer mat captures, destroys pollutants in water Study: Water quality goals for Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic EPA sets date for PFAS Leadership Summit

  An opioid crisis is affecting cities across the country and now a tech startup founded at MIT believes it can help cities tackle it with data from wastewater.

Biobot Analytics measures opioids and other drug metabolites in sewage to estimate consumption in cities.

With that information, Biobot believes cities can get a sense of the scope of the problem, allocate resources, and watch trends over time to gauge improvement.

At the recent South by Southwest conference in Austin, Biobot took first place in a pitch competition judged by mayors.

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The company will now have an opportunity to present its technology at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting this June in Boston.

To learn more about Biobot, visit biobot.io.

  Scientists at the Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment — or NEWT — Center, a research center led by Rice University, have developed a polymer mat that can “bait, hook and destroy” biologically harmful contaminants in water.

The mat is made of highly porous, spun polyvinyl fibers. Titanium oxide particles inhabit the pores, awaiting their prey.

Once the contaminants are captured, exposure to light degrades them through oxidation into harmless byproducts.

According to the scientists, the mat requires a fraction of the energy needed by conventional methods of contaminant removal.

NEWT researchers said their mat can be cleaned and reused, scaled to any size, and its chemistry can be tuned for various pollutants.

  Researchers at Canada’s University of Waterloo caution that current policy goals for improving water quality in the Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic without major changes in agricultural and river management practices.

Excess amounts of nitrogen from fertilizers and livestock production across the Mississippi River basin have contributed to a massive dead zone in the Gulf.

Last year it was the size of New Jersey.

Waterloo scientists analyzed 200 years of agricultural data, finding that nitrogen has been accumulating in soils and groundwater since the 1950s.

Even under best-case scenarios with effective conservation measures, they say, it could take 30 years to deplete the stores of nitrogen that have accumulated in the landscape.

You can read more about their research in the journal Science.

  The U.S. EPA announced its plans to host a National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. to take action on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances  — or PFAS.

These man-made chemicals have become a public health concern as they’ve been detected in a growing number of water supplies around the nation.

According to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Summit is intended to bring stakeholders together “to build on the steps we are already taking and to identify immediate actions to protect public health.”

The Summit will take place May 22-23 in Washington, D.C., and is expected to cover:

— ongoing efforts to characterize risks from PFAS and develop monitoring and treatment/cleanup techniques

— specific near-term actions needed to address state and local challenges

and

— development of communication strategies to address public concerns with PFAS

More information about EPA’s efforts can be found at epa.gov/pfas.

  For WaterWorld magazine, I’m Angela Godwin. Thanks for watching.

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WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, March 26, 2018

The next is a transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for March 26, 2018. 

Hello, I am Angela Godwin for WaterWorld magazine, bringing you h2o and wastewater information headlines for the 7 days of March 26. Coming up…

Pee-tracking technological innovation charts opioid use Polymer mat captures, destroys pollutants in h2o Study: H2o good quality aims for Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic EPA sets day for PFAS Management Summit

  An opioid crisis is impacting metropolitan areas across the region and now a tech startup launched at MIT thinks it can aid metropolitan areas tackle it with data from wastewater.

Biobot Analytics measures opioids and other drug metabolites in sewage to estimate consumption in metropolitan areas.

With that data, Biobot thinks metropolitan areas can get a sense of the scope of the dilemma, allocate means, and enjoy developments more than time to gauge enhancement.

At the recent South by Southwest convention in Austin, Biobot took initial area in a pitch competition judged by mayors.

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The company will now have an possibility to current its technological innovation at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Yearly Meeting this June in Boston.

To study far more about Biobot, check out biobot.io.

  Scientists at the Nanotechnology-Enabled H2o Cure — or NEWT — Middle, a research centre led by Rice College, have developed a polymer mat that can “bait, hook and destroy” biologically harmful contaminants in h2o.

The mat is built of really porous, spun polyvinyl fibers. Titanium oxide particles inhabit the pores, awaiting their prey.

Once the contaminants are captured, exposure to light degrades them through oxidation into harmless byproducts.

In accordance to the researchers, the mat calls for a portion of the vitality needed by conventional techniques of contaminant removal.

NEWT scientists mentioned their mat can be cleaned and reused, scaled to any sizing, and its chemistry can be tuned for numerous pollutants.

  Researchers at Canada’s College of Waterloo caution that latest coverage aims for strengthening h2o good quality in the Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic devoid of key changes in agricultural and river administration procedures.

Excess quantities of nitrogen from fertilizers and livestock generation across the Mississippi River basin have contributed to a huge dead zone in the Gulf.

Very last calendar year it was the sizing of New Jersey.

Waterloo researchers analyzed 200 yrs of agricultural data, getting that nitrogen has been accumulating in soils and groundwater given that the 1950s.

Even below finest-scenario scenarios with productive conservation measures, they say, it could choose 30 yrs to deplete the shops of nitrogen that have gathered in the landscape.

You can examine far more about their research in the journal Science.

  The U.S. EPA announced its options to host a Countrywide Management Summit in Washington, D.C. to choose motion on for each- and polyfluoroalkyl substances  — or PFAS.

These man-built chemical compounds have develop into a community wellness worry as they’ve been detected in a expanding amount of h2o provides about the nation.

In accordance to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Summit is intended to deliver stakeholders jointly “to develop on the methods we are currently taking and to determine fast actions to protect community wellness.”

The Summit will choose area May possibly 22-23 in Washington, D.C., and is envisioned to deal with:

— ongoing attempts to characterize pitfalls from PFAS and create checking and therapy/cleanup tactics

— specific in close proximity to-phrase actions needed to tackle state and area challenges

and

— development of communication tactics to tackle community fears with PFAS

Extra data about EPA’s attempts can be discovered at epa.gov/pfas.

  For WaterWorld magazine, I am Angela Godwin. Thanks for viewing.

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WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, March 26, 2018

The next is a transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for March 26, 2018. 

Hi, I’m Angela Godwin for WaterWorld journal, bringing you water and wastewater news headlines for the 7 days of March 26. Coming up…

Pee-tracking know-how charts opioid use Polymer mat captures, destroys pollutants in water Study: H2o good quality plans for Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic EPA sets day for PFAS Leadership Summit

  An opioid disaster is impacting towns across the region and now a tech startup started at MIT believes it can support towns tackle it with knowledge from wastewater.

Biobot Analytics actions opioids and other drug metabolites in sewage to estimate consumption in towns.

With that information, Biobot believes towns can get a sense of the scope of the challenge, allocate methods, and look at trends around time to gauge improvement.

At the latest South by Southwest conference in Austin, Biobot took to start with place in a pitch level of competition judged by mayors.

[Native Advertisement]

The enterprise will now have an possibility to existing its know-how at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting this June in Boston.

To understand much more about Biobot, check out biobot.io.

  Experts at the Nanotechnology-Enabled H2o Treatment — or NEWT — Middle, a analysis centre led by Rice University, have produced a polymer mat that can “bait, hook and ruin” biologically unsafe contaminants in water.

The mat is built of extremely porous, spun polyvinyl fibers. Titanium oxide particles inhabit the pores, awaiting their prey.

As soon as the contaminants are captured, publicity to gentle degrades them by oxidation into harmless byproducts.

In accordance to the researchers, the mat involves a portion of the vitality needed by typical methods of contaminant removal.

NEWT scientists said their mat can be cleaned and reused, scaled to any sizing, and its chemistry can be tuned for many pollutants.

  Scientists at Canada’s University of Waterloo caution that present-day policy plans for improving upon water good quality in the Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic with out significant modifications in agricultural and river management procedures.

Surplus quantities of nitrogen from fertilizers and livestock output across the Mississippi River basin have contributed to a significant lifeless zone in the Gulf.

Last 12 months it was the sizing of New Jersey.

Waterloo researchers analyzed 200 many years of agricultural knowledge, locating that nitrogen has been accumulating in soils and groundwater considering the fact that the 1950s.

Even under greatest-circumstance eventualities with efficient conservation actions, they say, it could choose 30 many years to deplete the stores of nitrogen that have amassed in the landscape.

You can browse much more about their analysis in the journal Science.

  The U.S. EPA announced its strategies to host a National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. to choose action on for every- and polyfluoroalkyl substances  — or PFAS.

These gentleman-built chemicals have turn into a general public health worry as they have been detected in a growing quantity of water supplies all over the country.

In accordance to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Summit is supposed to convey stakeholders alongside one another “to develop on the ways we are by now using and to identify speedy steps to defend general public health.”

The Summit will choose place May perhaps 22-23 in Washington, D.C., and is anticipated to include:

— ongoing efforts to characterize threats from PFAS and establish monitoring and treatment method/cleanup procedures

— particular in the vicinity of-expression steps needed to deal with condition and neighborhood challenges

and

— growth of interaction procedures to deal with general public concerns with PFAS

Much more information about EPA’s efforts can be discovered at epa.gov/pfas.

  For WaterWorld journal, I’m Angela Godwin. Many thanks for seeing.

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WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, March 26, 2018

The next is a transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for March 26, 2018. 

Hi, I’m Angela Godwin for WaterWorld magazine, bringing you drinking water and wastewater information headlines for the 7 days of March 26. Coming up…

Pee-tracking know-how charts opioid use Polymer mat captures, destroys pollutants in drinking water Research: H2o top quality plans for Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic EPA sets date for PFAS Leadership Summit

  An opioid disaster is affecting cities throughout the place and now a tech startup started at MIT thinks it can enable cities tackle it with knowledge from wastewater.

Biobot Analytics actions opioids and other drug metabolites in sewage to estimate use in cities.

With that information and facts, Biobot thinks cities can get a sense of the scope of the trouble, allocate methods, and watch tendencies around time to gauge advancement.

At the latest South by Southwest conference in Austin, Biobot took very first position in a pitch competition judged by mayors.

[Native Advertisement]

The enterprise will now have an option to present its know-how at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Yearly Conference this June in Boston.

To discover much more about Biobot, check out biobot.io.

  Experts at the Nanotechnology-Enabled H2o Therapy — or NEWT — Center, a research center led by Rice University, have made a polymer mat that can “bait, hook and ruin” biologically dangerous contaminants in drinking water.

The mat is built of very porous, spun polyvinyl fibers. Titanium oxide particles inhabit the pores, awaiting their prey.

As soon as the contaminants are captured, publicity to light degrades them by oxidation into harmless byproducts.

According to the researchers, the mat calls for a fraction of the strength necessary by conventional procedures of contaminant elimination.

NEWT scientists explained their mat can be cleaned and reused, scaled to any sizing, and its chemistry can be tuned for various pollutants.

  Researchers at Canada’s University of Waterloo caution that present plan plans for bettering drinking water top quality in the Gulf of Mexico are unrealistic devoid of significant changes in agricultural and river administration procedures.

Extra quantities of nitrogen from fertilizers and livestock generation throughout the Mississippi River basin have contributed to a substantial dead zone in the Gulf.

Past 12 months it was the sizing of New Jersey.

Waterloo researchers analyzed 200 yrs of agricultural knowledge, acquiring that nitrogen has been accumulating in soils and groundwater considering that the 1950s.

Even less than ideal-scenario scenarios with effective conservation actions, they say, it could get 30 yrs to deplete the merchants of nitrogen that have amassed in the landscape.

You can read through much more about their research in the journal Science.

  The U.S. EPA declared its designs to host a National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. to get motion on for every- and polyfluoroalkyl substances  — or PFAS.

These gentleman-built chemicals have grow to be a general public health and fitness worry as they have been detected in a developing amount of drinking water supplies around the country.

According to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the Summit is intended to provide stakeholders jointly “to establish on the actions we are presently getting and to identify speedy actions to protect general public health and fitness.”

The Summit will get position May well 22-23 in Washington, D.C., and is expected to deal with:

— ongoing endeavours to characterize hazards from PFAS and produce checking and therapy/cleanup methods

— particular in close proximity to-phrase actions necessary to address point out and area troubles

and

— growth of interaction strategies to address general public issues with PFAS

Extra information and facts about EPA’s endeavours can be uncovered at epa.gov/pfas.

  For WaterWorld magazine, I’m Angela Godwin. Many thanks for observing.

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